After almost dying from swallowing hydrogen peroxide, due to the advice of a popular health book, I shared with my family the Poison Control’s reaction to this health experiment. I did not quite get the sympathetic reaction I had hoped for (from them or Poison Control). I thought my friends were much more understanding and wrote this to my family, sharing a friend’s take on the incident. (Both this and the Tylenol bra injury made me much more aware of the need for warning labels that work. Manufacturers should think about how their products are used by all people. Also, best-selling books might want to check with poison control before they advise people to take something. However, that is just a personal opinion of mine- based on past experience.) Here’s the letter I wrote to my family-

Dear Family,

Thank you for your concern with my recent brush with death. It meant a lot to me that a few days after I notified you all of keeling over, that some of you wrote back at how grateful you were that I hadn’t been killed. “Who would we make fun of and laugh about?” you wrote,”There’s no one ditzier than you; you are such an idiot you could make millions telling people about this-most people aren’t such total losers-you could actually become famous for messing up so bad!” Thank you for your support and confidence. It means a lot to know that my own family, those who know me best, believe in my airheadiness with such certainty and conviction.

Apparently it is not just family that cares about me and feels this way. Some of my friends have similar viewpoints. This Sunday, at Church, some friends of mine who had read my story came up to share their concern. more…

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